If (6^{x}=216) and (36^{y}=216), what is the value of (x+y)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (\frac{9}{2})
Since (216=6^{3}), (x=3). Also (36^{y}=(6^{2})^{y}=6^{2y}=6^{3}), so (y=\frac{3}{2}) and the sum is (\frac{9}{2}).
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(\frac{9}{2})
Why is this the correct answer?
Since (216=6^{3}), (x=3). Also (36^{y}=(6^{2})^{y}=6^{2y}=6^{3}), so (y=\frac{3}{2}) and the sum is (\frac{9}{2}).
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Polynomials. Topic: Operations on real numbers and the laws of exponents.
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